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Birding Shanghai in April 2024 (The Colors of Spring)

10,000 Birds

Learning irrelevant things while reading about birds. Of the female, the website Birds of Singapore says that it “resembles male but has greyish-brown upperparts”, which is a strange way of stating that its color is completely different. The coloration of the bird subspecies is mainly similar to that of L.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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This is the case in which six infant orangs were discovered on February 20, 1990, at the Bangkok airport in two small containers marked "Live Birds." They were denied contracts by HHS back in 2003 due to what the government said was an insufficient response for their RFP. Completion date: 2006-03-20. Signed on 2005-08-12.

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Bubble-gum Pink Legs

10,000 Birds

That’s how the limbs of the Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus, were first described to me, and that’s what I’m going with for 10,000 Birds Pink Bird Weekend (or, as I call it, Think Pink Week). They make a bird that is quite watchable to begin with, totally irresistible. Bubble-gum pink legs.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

There are probably more identification guides about raptors than there are for any other bird group. This is a second edition that has been rewritten, updated, and re-invented, and it will doubtlessly become the hawk identification bible of our birding era. Yes, I saw the bird and it was incredible.)

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In 2003, I was in the sanctuary described in your article and collected samples from those dead animals. Whether it is the Ebola virus in gorillas, the H5N1 avian influenza virus in birds or SARS, we are understanding that the implications of infectious disease for wildlife and humans are becoming one and the same. Karesh Bronx, Dec.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Electric storms closed the new walkway there and he amassed a total list of just 3 birds! It is a dream, nay, a mission statement of 10,000 Birds to see as many of the World’s birds as possible. Should the fancy take you, you could call up a 10,000 Birds life list (from 2016 onwards. 08 Feb 2016. 04 Aug 2016.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. Jason hoisted his colours in Kansas and claimed the state for 10,000 Birds. In an unusual turnaround during September, more birds were seen in USA than in Costa Rica. 23 May 2018.

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